Anna Banks

“I need you to be serious right now.” “Probably you shouldn’t have drugged me, then.”

— Anna Banks

“It sucks to be a klutz on land and a klutz in the water.”

— Anna Banks

My dad always told me that holding a grudge is like swallowing poison and expecting the other person to die.

— Anna Banks

“Hey, you know what else I don't care about? You giving me orders.”

— Anna Banks

“Wait," I call to him. He stops. " I just wanted to say, I like your big fin. I think it's very sexy.”

— Anna Banks

“Oh, and I need to known where Jersey is and if I have enough money to buy it.”

— Anna Banks

“You'll let me drive his little red one? The combustible?" Why not? I nod. "Yep. The convertible. Deal?”

— Anna Banks

“Did you hear what I said? She's ex-Mob. Her gun probably eats guns like that for breakfast.”

— Anna Banks

“It's easy to remember, because dating rhymes with mating, and they're almost the same [...] So your mom thinks we're ma-- Uh, dating?”

— Anna Banks

“She smiles at me as if forced at knifepoint, the kind of smile that comes purely from manners, like the smile you…

— Anna Banks

“The metal frame groans, and something under the hood lets out a mechanical hiss. Smoke billows up from the front, the universal…

— Anna Banks

“No matter how many times I tell him I can't see into the water yet, he insists I'm just trying to look…

— Anna Banks

“I’m teetering on the verge of tears and I feel like such a wuss. Who am I to be crying when all…

— Anna Banks

“Maybe you can talk to donkeys, too," Dr. Milligan smiles. Emma nods. "I can sometimes Galen can be a jackass." "That hurts…

— Anna Banks

“Remember, people, study the rule sheet. Snuggle it at night, eat lunch with it, take it to the movies. It's the only…

— Anna Banks

“Emma, I will love you with every breath in my body and beyond my own death. I swear to be your shield,…

— Anna Banks

“I keep my back turned while he maneuvers his shorts into place. “Are you decent?” I call after a few seconds. No…

— Anna Banks

“I don't appreciate you missing curfew the last few nights. Technically, staying over there until four in the morning is a coed…

— Anna Banks

“What does that mean? Making out?" Galen says between bites. Emma puts her fork down. "It means, Galen, that you'll need to…

— Anna Banks

“This is outrageous!" Jagen bellows. "Grom, you need to get your siblings under control before I do it myself." Galen rolls his…

— Anna Banks

“I can't imagine befriending Goliath and then leading him to the Syrena to be eaten. But I also can't imagine letting Galen…

— Anna Banks

“The penguins love Emma. They waddle around, dive in and out of their pool, call out to her. She laughs. "They sound…

— Anna Banks

“My thoughts keep vacillating between the draft that feels more like a gust in this sizes-too-big hospital gown, and Dr. Milligan's proposal…

— Anna Banks

“The narrow portal opens into a wide corridor that looks like a giant jaw full of thin, sharp teeth. The rocks growing…

— Anna Banks

“Where's my sister?" "She's setting up the island we found tonight." Galen shakes his head. "You slithering eel. You might have told…

— Anna Banks

“Now, it is our understanding that his Majesty Grom is requesting an unsealing from his mating with the Common Paca?” “That is…

— Anna Banks

“I didn't have a choice." "Are you saying...What are you saying?" Is he... could he be talking about me? He runs a…

— Anna Banks

“Are you sure you don't remember? Your mind seems to be working just fine to me." "You know what? Just forget it.…

— Anna Banks

“ Triton’s trident, they put the Royals on trial! But as much as Galen would love to throw that in their faces,…

— Anna Banks

“As soon as she releases me, Galen grabs my hand and I don’t even have time to gasp before he snatches me…

— Anna Banks

“Galen picking you up for school?" "No, I'm driving myself." Vinegar turns to acid. Sure, it's irritating to take a lukewarm shower…

— Anna Banks

“Which would be more important to Grom-upholding the law by not mating with a Half-Breed, or mating with one to ensure the…

— Anna Banks

“The only plans I made for tonight is make-up work." That is, after I step out back and try to turn into…

— Anna Banks

“I would rather hide in desolation and poverty, whether it be in the Baseborn Quarters or the Tenantless, than be the cause…

— Anna Banks

Sure, I’m gray-shading the line that separates stable and crazy, but the point is, there is a line. And I haven’t completely…

— Anna Banks

“Morning tide makes a great companion when you don't want to be around people. It soothes and comforts and doesn't ask for…

— Anna Banks

“IT’S ONE of those moments where life seems to pause, and the universe opens its mouth and vomits comprehension on you.”

— Anna Banks

“What did I do?” “What did you do? Well, for starters, you used your face to stop a cafeteria door from swinging…

— Anna Banks

“If they’re sentenced to the Caverns, we’ll both be free to choose different mates. But I don’t want another mate, Emma. I…

— Anna Banks

“How apparent is it that I want to put Grom into a headlock until he goes to sleep, and yell at Mom…

— Anna Banks